GTX 1070 underperforming. PLEASE HELP!

[Ender15m]

Long story short, I bought a MSI GTX 1070 in November upgrading from a MSI GTX 960. Every game I play is not performing to the max it should be. Battlefield 1 is barely playable on Ultra and I have to turn the systems down to medium to get 70 or 60 fps and very very often drops of 40 and 30 fps. The Witcher 3, on max settings, is playable but only getting like 70 and mostly 60 fps. It should be getting 100 or more, especially on a 1080p 144hz monitor. I'm sick of my computer underperforming. Would really like what I paid for. Now I sorta just dealt with it at first cause I didn't really know much about computers. But I learned a lot over the year and have been asking forever and seriously...I've tried everything. I configured everything in the Nvidia control panel. Drivers are up to date. Changed vertical sync to off on everything. Checked my task manager and nothing is out of ordinary...yet my CPU is often spiking at 100%, but people are telling me it shouldn't. So what am I doing wrong? I'm so desperate! I don't want to buy another graphics card. I was thinking of buying a new Core but people said don't. I'm just so annoyed. I don't understand what is wrong with my pc.  Please please please comment and help me out. 

 

System specs:

Monitor 1080p 144Hz ACER

Motherboard:  Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850)

Intel Core i5 4690k 3.50 Ghz, 3501 Mhz, 4 cores (using stock cooler but shouldn't make a difference since I'm not overclocking)

GTX 1070

Ballistic 8GB RAM DDR3

500 GB SSD Samsung

1TB HDD

Don't know the power supply name, but I know it's not bad or anything.

MidTower Thermaltake 

Anymore info?

[NotTayyeb]

Have you tried uninstalling graphics drivers with something like DDU, then reinstalling the drivers from the nvidia website? 

 

DDU- http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

nvidia driver- http://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers

[Ender15m]

 

Just now, NotTayyeb said:

Have you tried uninstalling graphics drivers with something like DDU, then reinstalling the drivers from the nvidia website? 

 

DDU- http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

nvidia driver- http://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers

Yes, it did not help.

[The_Denks]

Well if your CPU is spiking at 100%, that is most likely your issue

Try overclocking your CPU and see if that helps

[Ender15m]

Just now, UberGamerKing said:

Well if your CPU is spiking at 100%, that is most likely your issue

Try overclocking your CPU and see if that helps

Don't have a better CPU cooler right now. So I can't. And people told me that there's no need to, and that it'll only get me a couple more frames.

[UMxMarky94]

1 minute ago, Ender15m said:

 

Yes, it did not help.

It could be your cpu if it is spiking to 100%. try a very light OC and see if there is any improvement

 

[NotTayyeb]

Ok.. well your CPU spiking at 100% isnt an issue, assuming you are actually putting a load on the system such as by playing games or whatever...

 

Have you checked the temperature of the GPU? It could be thermal throttling.. 

[Ender15m]

Just now, UMxMarky94 said:

It could be your cpu if it is spiking to 100%. try a very light OC and see if there is any improvement

 

How would I do a "light OC?" 

[UMxMarky94]

1 minute ago, UberGamerKing said:

Well if your CPU is spiking at 100%, that is most likely your issue

Try overclocking your CPU and see if that helps

damn you beat me

 

Just now, Ender15m said:

Don't have a better CPU cooler right now. So I can't. And people told me that there's no need to, and that it'll only get me a couple more frames.

you can OC a little bit and they are mistaken 

[The_Denks]

Just now, Ender15m said:

Don't have a better CPU cooler right now. So I can't. And people told me that there's no need to, and that it'll only get me a couple more frames.

Well if your CPU is holding back your GPU, overclocking your CPU will set your GPU free.

Overclocking your CPU when its at 100% will make a huge difference, unlike GPU OC'ing

[UMxMarky94]

Just now, Ender15m said:

How would I do a "light OC?" 

by bumping up the multiplayer your 38 from 35 and test

[Ender15m]

Just now, NotTayyeb said:

Ok.. well your CPU spiking at 100% isnt an issue, assuming you are actually putting a load on the system such as by playing games or whatever...

 

Have you checked the temperature of the GPU? It could be thermal throttling.. 

Right. Afterburner is saying that the cooling is pretty good. Like compared to most.

[Ender15m]

Just now, UberGamerKing said:

Well if your CPU is holding back your GPU, overclocking your CPU will set your GPU free.

Overclocking your CPU when its at 100% will make a huge difference, unlike GPU OC'ing

 

Just now, UMxMarky94 said:

by bumping up the multiplayer your 38 from 35 and test

So I should just try to OC a little and check? 

[The_Denks]

Just now, Ender15m said:

So I should just try to OC a little and check? 

Yes

[Ender15m]

Temperatures are like 57 idle, and 60 and 70 while gaming

[Ender15m]

Just now, UberGamerKing said:

Yes

How much should I OC so I don't screw anything up?

[UMxMarky94]

Just now, Ender15m said:

How much should I OC so I don't screw anything up?

looking at the tnep you posted ( CPU i take it) bump it up to 36-37 on the multiplier 

[The_Denks]

Just now, Ender15m said:

How much should I OC so I don't screw anything up?

If you're at 3.5Ghz RN, bump it up to 3.8Ghz, just make sure to also increase the voltage a bit

[Ender15m]

Just now, UberGamerKing said:

If you're at 3.5Ghz RN, bump it up to 3.8Ghz, just make sure to also increase the voltage a bit

 

Just now, UMxMarky94 said:

looking at the tnep you posted ( CPU i take it) bump it up to 36-37 on the multiplier 

Yeah I'm a noob with OC....  What is multiplier?

[UMxMarky94]

 

1 minute ago, Ender15m said:

 

Yeah I'm a noob with OC....  What is multiplier?

 

[Ender15m]

Got it! BRB

[WereCat]

18 minutes ago, Ender15m said:

How would I do a "light OC?" 

I can OC my i7 4770k from 3.5GHz to 4GHz while using less voltage than is the stock.

Try 4GHz at 1.05V. You should have no problem cooling it.

[Technomancer__]

download and open msi afterburner play 5 mins and then check the monitoring

if your gpu was lower than 100% used during playing and cpu 100% it means that cpu is bottle necking  your gpu

[Fraser Cow]

I used to have a 4690k Overclocked to 4.6GHz and Battlefield 1 pinned it at 100% usage while my 1070 hovered between 70-88% usage. On medium to high settings I averaged about 90FPS and I felt a lot more shuddering and FPS dips than I'd like (from over 100FPS down to 70FPS and back up). Now I've upgraded to a Ryzen 1700 overclocked to 4GHz and Battlefield loves it, I don't get drastic FPS dips anymore and my 1070 is always at 99% usage while the 1700 averages 35% usage.  So to sum it up you either have to overclock your 4690k and accept the fact that some core hungry games like Battlefield 1 won't get he most out of your 1070, or you have to upgrade to something with more threads and IPC like an Intel 7700K or one of the new Ryzens depending on what you do with your computer.

 

EDIT

I have 16GB of RAM (normally around 10-12GB used while gaming) and I'm running an Acer Predator XB1 at 160Hrz with G-sync.

[Ender15m]

Nothing has changed. Literally exactly the same even when overclocking bigger. Frames suck. Do these screenshots help?